Gotta say I enjoy "Aeroplane" and that some parts of "Warped" are OK. "One Big Mob" is just too rappy for me. Boo! Sadly I now no longer own any of their CD's. I'll get 'em eventually, hopefully the opportunity will come should they release a box set.

@ronwolf1705 wrote:Don't enjoy One Big Mob as well, apart from the rapping it also has that weird baby crying solo that I can't listen to.

I thought that was "Tearjerker"! Bear in mind I haven't listened to it for two years or more. I don't know much about the new album other than it sounds like what they've always sounded like (except for that one song in 4/4 with a Beach Boys vibe, forgot the name)... Seems to me Frusciante was the soul of the band, even though I enjoy the Hillel Slovak era just as much.

Do you mean Dance, Dance, Dance? It has that reverb guitar that gives it a bit of a Beach Boys vibe. I quite like IWY actually, it's not Californication, BSSM or anything but still good. Then again, if you're a Peppers fan you basically can't go wrong with that album.

And Frusciante should release a solo album again soon, it's been three years. He has probably written 300 songs in the meantime.

Brian, what are your preference in the Bee Gees field? I have to say I'm mad about their first couple of albums, very psychedelic (as well as poppy and catchy; "To Love Somebody" is up there with "Your Song", "Something" and all those other pop classics in my book) --- I'm not too into their late 70's years, though most of what I've heard is just great. Very harmonic - and very different from their first years. Even before "Idea" and their first album, they had a semi-garage rock sound... At least that's what I've heard ("I Was a Lover, a Leader of Men" etc.)

@Thomas wrote:Brian, what are your preference in the Bee Gees field? I have to say I'm mad about their first couple of albums, very psychedelic (as well as poppy and catchy; "To Love Somebody" is up there with "Your Song", "Something" and all those other pop classics in my book) --- I'm not too into their late 70's years, though most of what I've heard is just great. Very harmonic - and very different from their first years. Even before "Idea" and their first album, they had a semi-garage rock sound... At least that's what I've heard ("I Was a Lover, a Leader of Men" etc.)

I like the early stuff like "Monday's Rain" and "Tint of Blue". It lead to "Spicks and Specks" and "New York Mining Disaster". "Massachusetts" is my favourite song by them but I like all their big 60s hits. Their disco hits like "Night Fever" were good too though I like their 60s stuff the best. I like the Robin Gibb voice the most but later on they used Barry's vocals more and it made a change. The harmonies between the 3 brothers also helped to create a distinctive Bee Gees sound.

After "Spirits Having Flown" they seem to run out of ideas and Barry started to make records with people like Dionne Warwick, Barbra Streisand etc. They produced a lot of big singles hits like "Guilty" and "Woman In Love". They all had a distinctive Barry Gibb sound but did not progress from their disco period but were still good singles. The Bee Gees still continued to put out singles and albums and had many more hits like "Alone" but while they were good singles I still like their late 60s stuff the best for originality.